Red Flags Are Red Flags

 

Here's a give-away bonus question:  HOW MANY COLORS ARE THERE [just a ball park number please]?  Great, you're right, there are approximately 10 million different colors and that includes the 1,000 shades of light, 100 levels of red-green and 100 levels of yellow-blue.  For the deep-blue theorists, they can argue that there is an infinite number of colors.  BUT we WON'T bury ourselves into that fiasco.  Final BONUS question:  WHAT color raises the highest level of alarm OR call it scare?  YESSSSSS, that's RED, hence the RED flags we hear in life.  BUT in the realm of personal relationships, RED flags are typically behaviors or characteristics that suggest that the other person may NOT be the right one for you📗📙📘

Imagine going on a date for the first time with a person WHO does NOT ask a single personal question?  Obviously that sounds either strange OR implausible BUT more than that, that could raise a RED flag.  BTW, in my many informal exchanges of notes with my close friends, many admitted to having experienced that scenario at least once.  And everyone did agree with me that that did raise a RED flag💥💥💥

On the other hand, it is quite excusable and explainable if some of us will simply shut off his eyes for RED flags of that sort, explaining that that could be a one-off thing and maybe it was neither premeditated nor intentional.  For this thread, let's avoid ending up questioning those personal decisions BUT it behooves that we be mentally [and sometimes emotionially] prepared WHEN those interpersonal RED flags do pop-up and HOW do we react and respond to such circumstances [before we get lost in the maze of things].  For alignment, let us agree that RED flags are typically behaviors OR characteristics from another person that suggest you may NOT want to spend time with them😡😡😡

Maybe, either because one is perceived as either unpleasant, uninteresting OR worse, scary OR dangerous to an extent.  On the other hand, the negative outcomes that could result from interacting with that person will vary.  WHAT is clear, however, is that those RED flags can give us those tell-tale signs [call it 'OMEN' for those NOT so good premonitions]  of potentially worse things to happen [IF that RED flag is ignored]!!!

Our takeaway:  At this point, you might wonder WHY are we spending time on RED flags WHEN there are more important things for us to cover?  NO sirrrrrrs.  Do you want to take the risk of looking the other way around WHEN a RED flag pops-up right in front your nose?  NOT to scare BUT that RED flag could worsen to become a burning RED flag.  BUT instead of scaring us, let us be thankful RED flags  do arise as it gives us that rare reprieve, right???